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Hipaa. >> hipaa's going to be the excuse. >> it's going to be the excuse for everything. kavitha, thank you. on the brink of bipartisanship, senators are inching closer to an infrastructure deal, but there's one dispute holding it up, public transit. and on velshi representative debbie dingell will talk about this, tune in starting at 8:00 a.m. which offers spending power built for his business needs, to furnish a new exam room. the doctor will see you now. get the card built for business. by american express. before nexium 24hr, anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without fr...

Jones, host of the espn podcast. i want to start with you here because the nfl is really taking strides to make sure that these players are vaccinated. now, they say 85% of their players are. there's still a lot of hesitancy. i want to show this tweet by dak prescott by which he cites hipaa when he was asked if he was vaccinated. he said i don't necessarily think that's important and suggests that it's a hipaa violation. i mean, how do you deal with players like that in the league who don't understand hipaa and clearly don't understand science. >> yeah, hardly anybody understands hipaa. even t...

Have you been vaccinated, are you vaccinated. you can't ask that because of hipaa reasons. at the end of the day, it is about student safety. it is an honor to have a dynamic school board that's very supportive. and not only that, the public at large, they're supportive because they understand this virus is attacking black and brown children and people at a higher rate. we've always, always put safety number one. >> and then of course in terms of vaccinations, all the kids under 12 are not eligible thus far anyway to get vaccinated. how complicated is this for you as superintendent of shelby c...

Here it is. >> have you, yourself, gotten vaccinated and do you disagree with the republican view? >> your first question is a violation of my hipaa rights. with hipaa rights, we don't have to reveal our medical records and that also involves our vaccine records. >> a reporter there asking -- says that asking a lawmaker their vaccination status is, in fact, not a hipaa violation. she does not understand what hipaa covers or she's openingly lying about the applicability of federal law because she does not want to say whether she's vaccinated. thoughts on that, kurt? >> it's just do as i say, no...

Insurance portability and accountability act. it was signed in 1996 by bill clinton right at the beginning of the electronic medical record era. it was to help facilitate the easy transfer of medical information but while protecting the privacy of people's medical records. so basically it prevents someone's doctor from releasing medical information let's say to the media about their vaccination status without the permission of the patient, but it does nothing to prevent any individual, either a quarterback or a member of congress like the 97 gop members who refuse to disclose their health -- t...